Felice Pasquale Baciocchi

Felice Pasquale Baciocchi (18 May 1762-28 April 1841) was Prince of Lucca, a Senator of France, and a Major-General in the French Army during the reign of Napoleon I. He was married to Napoleon's sister Elisa Bonaparte, the ruler of the Principality of Lucca and Piombino.

Biography
Felice Pasquale Baciocchi was born in Ajaccio, Corsica on 18 May 1762 to an impoverished noble family, and he became a second lieutenant in the French Army in 1778, lieutenant in 1788, and captain in 1794. In 1797, he married Napoleon Bonaparte's sister Elisa Bonaparte, and Napoleon rewarded him by making him colonel in 1802, Brigadier-General in 1804, and Major-General in 1809. Baciocchi was also granted a role in French politics as a Senator in 1804 and as an Imperial Prince in 1805. His wife became the ruler of the Principality of Lucca and Piombino in Italy, leading to Baciocchi becoming the powerless Prince of Lucca; he also serenely endured her infidelities. After the downfall of Napoleon, Baciocchi and Elisa retired to Trieste, and then from Trieste to Bologna. He died in Bologna in 1841, twenty-one years after his wife's death.